Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving system information in wireless communication system supporting TDD narrowband

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for receiving system information in a wireless communication system supporting a TDD narrowband. More specifically, a method performed by a terminal includes receiving first system information from a base station through an anchor carrier, the first system information including operation mode information on an operation mode of the system; determining a location of a non-anchor carrier for receiving second system information based on the operation mode information; and receiving the second system information from the base station through the non-anchor carrier, in which the operation mode information is configured in a guard band or an in-band. In this way, SIB1-NB is also transmitted and received on the non-anchor carrier.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for a terminal to receive system information in a time division duplex (TDD) system supporting narrowband (NB)-Internet of things (IoT), the method comprising:
 receiving, from a base station, Master Information Block-Narrow Band (MIB-NB) through an anchor carrier, wherein the MIB-NB includes operation mode information, 
 wherein a location of a non-anchor carrier for receiving System Information Block1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) is based on the operation mode information; and 
 receiving, from the base station, the SIB1-NB through the non-anchor carrier, 
 wherein, based on the operation mode information representing an operation mode of the anchor carrier as a guard band mode, the operation mode information includes information representing a specific state among a plurality of pre-defined states related to the non-anchor carrier, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state: 
 i) an operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode or an in-band mode, 
 ii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a predefined location based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode, 
 iii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a location based on a Physical Resource Block, PRB, within an LTE system bandwidth, based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, and 
 iv) whether the non-anchor carrier is related to in-band different PCI mode or in-band same PCI mode is determined based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, 
 wherein, based on that the operation mode related to the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band different PCI mode, the MIB-NB includes port information related to at least one of number of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports or number of narrowband reference signal (NRS) ports, 
 wherein the number of the CRS ports or the NRS ports is related to the reception of the SIB1-NB, 
 wherein the PRB within the LTE system bandwidth is a lowest PRB or a highest PRB, which is adjacent to the anchor carrier, 
 wherein the predefined location is based on i) a first side in which the anchor carrier is located among two sides related to edges of the LTE system bandwidth or ii) a second side opposite to the first side in which the anchor carrier is located among the two sides related to the edges of the LTE system bandwidth, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state related to the guard band mode including a first value or a second value different from the first value: 
 the predefined location is determined as the first side based on the first value, 
 the predefined location is determined as the second side based on the second value. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the number of the CRS ports is i) equal to the number of the NRS ports or ii)  4 . 
     
     
       3. A terminal configured for receiving system information in a time division duplex (TDD) system supporting narrowband-Internet of things (NB-IoT), the terminal comprising:
 a transmitter configured to transmit a radio signal; 
 a receiver configured to receive the radio signal; and 
 a processor configured to control the transmitter and the receiver, 
 wherein the processor is further configured to: 
 receive, from a base station, Master Information Block-Narrow Band (MIB-NB) through an anchor carrier, wherein the MIB-NB includes operation mode information, 
 wherein a location of a non-anchor carrier for receiving System Information Block1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) is based on the operation mode information; and 
 receive, from the base station, the SIB1-NB through the non-anchor carrier, and 
 wherein, based on the operation mode information representing an operation mode of the anchor carrier as a guard band mode, the operation mode information includes information representing a specific state among a plurality of pre-defined states related to the non-anchor carrier, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state: 
 i) an operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode or an in-band mode, 
 ii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a predefined location based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode, and 
 iii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a location based on a Physical Resource Block (PRB) within an LTE system bandwidth, based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, and 
 iv) whether the non-anchor carrier is related to in-band different PCI mode or in-band same PCI mode is determined based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, 
 wherein, based on that the operation mode related to the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band different PCI mode, the MIB-NB includes port information related to at least one of number of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports or number of narrowband reference signal (NRS) ports, 
 wherein the number of the CRS ports or the NRS ports is related to the reception of the SIB1-NB, 
 wherein the PRB within the LTE system bandwidth is a lowest PRB or a highest PRB, which is adjacent to the anchor carrier, 
 wherein the predefined location is based on i) a first side in which the anchor carrier is located among two sides related to edges of the LTE system bandwidth or ii) a second side opposite to the first side in which the anchor carrier is located among the two sides related to the edges of the LTE system bandwidth, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state related to the guard band mode including a first value or a second value different from the first value: 
 the predefined location is determined as the first side based on the first value, 
 the predefined location is determined as the second side based on the second value. 
 
     
     
       4. The terminal of  claim 3 , wherein the number of the CRS ports is i) equal to the number of the NRS ports or ii) 4. 
     
     
       5. A method for a base station to transmit system information in a time division duplex (TDD) system supporting narrowband Internet of things (NB-IoT), the method comprising:
 transmitting, to a terminal, Master Information Block-Narrow Band (MIB-NB) through an anchor carrier, wherein the MIB-NB includes operation mode information; and 
 transmitting, to the terminal, System Information Block1-Narrow Band (SIB1-NB) through anon-anchor carrier, 
 wherein, a location of the non-anchor carrier is based on the operation mode information, 
 wherein, based on the operation mode information representing an operation mode of the anchor carrier as a guard band mode, the operation mode information includes information representing a specific state among a plurality of pre-defined states related to then on-anchor carrier, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state: 
 i) an operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode or an in-band mode, 
 ii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a predefined location based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the guard band mode, 
 iii) the location of the non-anchor carrier is determined as a location based on a Physical Resource Block (PRB) within an LTE system bandwidth, based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, and 
 iv) whether the non-anchor carrier is related to in-band different PCI mode or in-band same PCI mode is determined based on that the operation mode of the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band mode, 
 wherein, based on that the operation mode related to the non-anchor carrier is determined as the in-band different PCI mode, the MIB-NB includes port information related to at least one of number of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports or number of narrowband reference signal (NRS) ports, 
 wherein the number of the CRS ports or the NRS ports is related to the transmission of the SIB1-NB, 
 wherein the PRB within the LTE system bandwidth is a lowest PRB or a highest PRB, which is adjacent to the anchor carrier, 
 wherein the predefined location is based on i) a first side in which the anchor carrier is located among two sides related to edges of the LTE system bandwidth or ii) a second side opposite to the first side in which the anchor carrier is located among the two sides related to the edges of the LTE system bandwidth, 
 wherein, based on the information representing the specific state related to the guard band mode including a first value or a second value different from the first value: 
 the predefined location is determined as the first side based on the first value, 
 the predefined location is determined as the second side based on the second value. 
 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 5 , wherein the number of the CRS ports is i) equal to the number of the NRS ports or ii) 4.